Meat free week

Thank you to those people who helped me raise £150 for the World Land Trust by going meat-free for a week. It wasn’t difficult.

However, last Sunday was the last day of Meat Free Week, and also my birthday, and I was slightly wishing that I could have meat that day (probably just because I couldn’t!). However, we visited the Riverford Field Kitchen near Buckfastleigh in Devon for lunch, and the vegetarian food was superb – I mean it.

I’d certainly go there again for the friendly staff, the pleasant atmosphere and the terrific food.  There was quite a lot of garlic – which I like. I had courgette pancakes as a main course and beetroot as a starter. The aubergine with the starter was delicious.  I chose cheese as dessert and that was very good too.

One quite small comment, but which applies to many vegetarian meals in non-vegetarian restaurants – not wanting to eat meat doesn’t mean that one doesn’t like food! Small portions of vegetarian food are the norm – it really is as if saying ‘no’ to meat for a meal, a day or a lifetime,  is seen as saying ‘no’ to food as a whole. Let me tell you, in my case it isn’t! But I mention it here not because the excellent Riverford Field Kitchen was a shocking example of this issue, it wasn’t, but because I just wanted to get it off my chest.

I know that the World Land Trust will spend the £150 well – they always do. I’ve been enjoying reading the WLT news over the last few days; an excellent newsletter, cheaply produced but full of good information. If you’d like to support the work of the World Land Trust then here is a place where you can donate.

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